CHAPTER 366

An Act to amend and reenact § 19.1-42 of the Code of Virginia, relating to
duties of medical examiners and fee of such examiners. 3 208
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Approved March 30, 1962

1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

That § 19.1-42 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as
follows:
§ 19.1-42. Upon receipt of such notice the medical examiner shall take
charge of the dead body, make inquiries regarding the cause and manner
of death, reduce his findings to writing, and promptly make a full report
thereof to the Chief Medical Examiner on forms prescribed for such pur-
pose, retaining one copy of such report for his own and delivering another
copy to the attorney for the Commonwealth of his county or city. Full
directions as to the nature, character and extent of the investigation to
be made in such cases shall be furnished the medical examiner by the
Chief Medical Examiner, together with appropriate forms for the required
reports and instructions for their use. For each investigation under this
chapter, including the making of the required reports, the medical examiner
shall receive a fee of * fifteen dollars, this to be paid by the State, unless
the deceased is a legal resident of the county or city in which his death
necinEet in which event such county or city shall be responsible for the

ee.
2. An emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.